Jo digs in to help Uganda

A CHANGE is as good as a rest - and Manchester lawyer, Jo Tindall, has just spent two weeks digging latrines and painting walls in one of the poorest areas of Uganda. Her firm, commercial lawyers Beechcroft , is an active sponsor of Altrincham based charity UganAid, and employment specialist Jo joined a team of 20 volunteers who travelled to the Jinja area to do vital work.

A CHANGE is as good as a rest - and Manchester lawyer, Jo Tindall, has just spent two weeks digging latrines and painting walls in one of the poorest areas of Uganda.

Her firm, commercial lawyers Beechcroft , is an active sponsor of Altrincham based charity UganAid, and employment specialist Jo joined a team of 20 volunteers who travelled to the Jinja area to do vital work.

As well as the digging and securing a clean spring water supply for the 400 villagers, she did more fun stuff - like art classes and blowing bubbles!

She also met Nalujja Rehema, a student whom Beachcroft sponsors at the Nile Vocational Institute , which provides vocational skills training to children, many of whom are orphaned.

Jo said: "Uganda has a turbulent history and suffers from widespread poverty. The trip was an amazing opportunity and a real eye-opener for me. We visited schools and stayed in a local village, to experience what life in Uganda is really like.

"The people are exceptionally friendly and made us feel very welcome, but they are in desperate need of the most basic facilities.

"The trip was a great opportunity to get involved in projects that will make a massive difference to people's lives."

Mike Wright from UgandAid added: "Beachcroft staff have been extremely generous in their support for our charity, providing both funds and physical endeavour, but it is the experience of Uganda itself that touches the heart. We have so much - they have so little; and Jo has experienced the real difference that Beachcroft has made to the lives of many within one small village."